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I recently commissioned the construction of a "copper" DominatoR from none other than our very own Blord himself. He was extremely helpful during the process... quick turnaround and shipment... great communication... all and all and A+ experience. This is starting to sound like it should be in the feedback section, but wait! This is about the laser. Holy mother of collimated light... the laser. So let's get on with it...
First off, here are a few pics from Blord's initial build thread (shared here because my pics suck) and the original LPM:
So after I placed the order, and my Dominator was built, Blord took the time to send me the LPM result from my unit - cold start/fresh charge - using his Ophir 5W:
While I was waiting on the shipment from Europe, I ordered a 5W LE Laserbee from Jerry and some King Kong 26650's with charger from hakzaw1. Both these guys were awesome... service was great and genuinely just nice guys willing to help a new laser enthusiast. When everything arrived, I ran into a momentary brain fart when the flat top batteries were not making connection in the host (battery to battery, not at the ends). Blord bonked me on the head and reminded me I needed a spacer for that to bridge the connection.
The laser is a beast. The copper heatsink is pretty sexy to look at, but it makes the host feel like you're wielding a hammer. The construction of the unit is quite impressive. Kudos to a great design...
I'm completely new to photographing lasers. In fact, I don't think I've tried before this last month or so... I need to craft up a beam stop and perhaps get a fog machine or some way to make a little smoke for lower power units. This snap is from my cell phone... no smoke/fog... just the hammer of Thor slicing through clear air...
and last but not least... my very first power meter log. Jerry's Laserbee unit is extremely easy to set up and use. Even the software setup and driver install to get the data logging on the computer was a breeze. I did not have a bench setup, so the little jumps in the graph are where I bumped the handle of the Dominator and the beam shifted a millimeter or so on the Ophir thermopile sensor. That being said... here's the beans:
3598mW peak
It looks like it dropped below 3W on the graph, but the digital readout on the Laserbee never dropped below 3000mW. I've done a few measurements (while getting used to the LPM and the super-easy manual zeroing) and Blord's Dominator is extremely stable at around 3.3W even on lower charged batteries. I didn't do any token burning videos or whatnot because that isn't why I bought this gem, but I will attest to the fact that if you point it at something flammable, ignition happens.
I couldn't be happier with my 445nm from Blord. Huge thanks to him, to Jerry from J.Bauer Electronics, and to hakzaw1 for being patient with my questions and helping me out... I appreciate and respect you guys.
Happy lasering! :beer:
Cheers!!
-Clayton
First off, here are a few pics from Blord's initial build thread (shared here because my pics suck) and the original LPM:
So after I placed the order, and my Dominator was built, Blord took the time to send me the LPM result from my unit - cold start/fresh charge - using his Ophir 5W:
While I was waiting on the shipment from Europe, I ordered a 5W LE Laserbee from Jerry and some King Kong 26650's with charger from hakzaw1. Both these guys were awesome... service was great and genuinely just nice guys willing to help a new laser enthusiast. When everything arrived, I ran into a momentary brain fart when the flat top batteries were not making connection in the host (battery to battery, not at the ends). Blord bonked me on the head and reminded me I needed a spacer for that to bridge the connection.
The laser is a beast. The copper heatsink is pretty sexy to look at, but it makes the host feel like you're wielding a hammer. The construction of the unit is quite impressive. Kudos to a great design...
I'm completely new to photographing lasers. In fact, I don't think I've tried before this last month or so... I need to craft up a beam stop and perhaps get a fog machine or some way to make a little smoke for lower power units. This snap is from my cell phone... no smoke/fog... just the hammer of Thor slicing through clear air...
and last but not least... my very first power meter log. Jerry's Laserbee unit is extremely easy to set up and use. Even the software setup and driver install to get the data logging on the computer was a breeze. I did not have a bench setup, so the little jumps in the graph are where I bumped the handle of the Dominator and the beam shifted a millimeter or so on the Ophir thermopile sensor. That being said... here's the beans:
3598mW peak
It looks like it dropped below 3W on the graph, but the digital readout on the Laserbee never dropped below 3000mW. I've done a few measurements (while getting used to the LPM and the super-easy manual zeroing) and Blord's Dominator is extremely stable at around 3.3W even on lower charged batteries. I didn't do any token burning videos or whatnot because that isn't why I bought this gem, but I will attest to the fact that if you point it at something flammable, ignition happens.
I couldn't be happier with my 445nm from Blord. Huge thanks to him, to Jerry from J.Bauer Electronics, and to hakzaw1 for being patient with my questions and helping me out... I appreciate and respect you guys.
Happy lasering! :beer:
Cheers!!
-Clayton
